Spider Baby

Movie • 1967 • Comedy  

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Synopsis

The story follows a family of inbreeds who have been afflicted by a genetic disorder known as 'Merrye syndrome', named after the family in which the disorder developed. This malady causes its victims to enter a state of age regression that starts at the age of ten and continues throughout the remainder of the person's life, rendering them with the intelligence of a child. The final generation of the family has been entrusted to the care of the family chauffeur (Lon Chaney Jr), and all is well for these odd people until a greedy branch of the family decides that they want to relieve the family of its home. Mental illness has always, and will always be, a fascinating subject for horror movies as it probes into the unknown and Spider Baby makes best use of that fact.

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Does the dog die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is there body horror?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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neglect
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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A woman is chased in the dark by two girls with knives.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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No, but someone does drive under the influence.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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one of the girls eat spiders throughout the story.
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Does a cat die?
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A cat is killed off screen.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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several spiders are squished (off screen) and one is eaten
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Does a pet die?
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A cat is killed (off-screen, but you can hear it yowling). It is then cooked and served for dinner to a group of people who are not aware of what the meat really is.
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Realistic animal prop served at dinner. Taxidermy birds in the house.
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Does a horse die?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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A rabbit is served for dinner, but wasn't killed on camera.
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Are there spiders?
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Lots of live spiders.
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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someone sits on a man's lap in suggestive way even though he is very uncomfortable with it.
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A male character shows some unwanted interest toward a woman, to the point of peeping in her room and assaulting her. No explicit sexual content is shown on screen, but it is implied.
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Is there pedophilia?
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No. a poster compares the movie to Lolita, but nothing towards children is shown or implied in the actual movie.
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Is someone restrained?
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there cannibalism?
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It is not shown, but it is mentioned in an early scene and later implied as some characters loom over the victim.
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Knives, but no shaving or cutting
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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A man's ear is cut off after he's already dead.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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A character who is a physical adult but has the mentality of a small child behaves in what could be considered a sexually provocative way.
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Does a kid die?
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[spoiler] children die at the end of the movie
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Death
Does someone die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Not used in a derogatory way, but yes.
Katydied
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Family
Does a parent die?
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A parent has already died, his skeleton is still in the home.
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A woman is kidnapped and held against her will
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
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Minor jumpscares. Some things pop out pretty fast, but it's tame compared to modern horror.
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there clowns?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Does someone spit?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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No, but they talk about mental institutions from the 60s, and the lawyers suggest that the two girls should be taken from their guardian and put in an institution.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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People use the r-word as a medical term and talk about cognitive impairment in terms from the 1960s. The lawyers treat the three Merryes with condescension or say they need to be taken from their home and put in an institution. The oldest sibling, Ralph, comes off as a negative caricature of cognitive disabilities.
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Is there misophonia?
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There is a dinner scene where people eat loudly.
bricker
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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murder-suicide
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Noxious
Are there flashing lights or images?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Paranoia
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A character addresses the viewer at the beginning and end as part of a framing device.
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there abortions?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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A man is called a "fat spider"
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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The R-word is used in its dated, clinical meaning.
miramarco
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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A messenger visiting the house is killed trying to deliver an envelope.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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There is mention of "inbreeding".
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There is a woman in black lingerie who a man spies on and chases down; a teenage girl sits in the lap of, and flirts with an adult man who she had tied up.
bricker
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Depends on who you're rooting for, but it's not that sad.
bricker
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Two cars almost collide, but no.
bricker
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Does a plane crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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In addition to the mop-up scene, there is another one where some dark splatter is seen on the walls. While it is not explained what it is, it may irk people who are sensitive to gore.
miramarco
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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Just regular explosions
bricker
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